Spring-wagon.



PATENTED JULY 30, 1907.

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UNITED STATES PATENT orrron.

GEORGE B. CUSAOK, OF MEXICO, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO FREDERICK E. WRIGHTAND WILLIAM H. OSBORN, OF MEXICO, NEW YORK.

SPRING-WAGON.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 30, 1907.

Application filed March 15,1907. Serial No. 362,565.

To all whom mt may concern:

Be it known that I, Gnonon B. Oosnex, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Mexico, in the county of Oswego, in the State of NewYork, have invented new and useful Improvements in Spring- Wagons, ofwhich the following, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings,is a full, clear, and exact description. I

This invention relates to the class of spring wagons which support thebody of the Wagon by means of spiral springs mounted on the axles underthe sides of the body. In practice it has been found that in said classof wagons the spiral springs allow the body too much lateral sway orrocking and do not furnish sufficient support under the central portionof the body to prevent its sagging by a load placed on said portion.

The object of this invention is to obviate the said defects, and to thatend the invention consists in the combination, With the running gear andspiral springs mounted thereon under the sides of the body, oftransverse springs riding on the running gear and rising at theircenters and supporting the body thereat as hereinafter more fullyexplained and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings Figure l is a side view of that part of awagon which embodies my improvements; Figs. 2 and 3 are respectivelyfront and rear end views of the same; Fig. 4 is a plan view minus thebody of the wagon and parts being broken away to better illustrate theinvention; and Fig. 5 is an enlarged transverse section on the line XXin Fig. 4.

I and 2 designate respectively the front and hind axles connected by thereach 3 in the usual manner.

4 represents the body which may be of any suitable shape.

55 are the spiral springs which are mounted on the running gear underthe sides of the body. Said springs are seated on and bolted to forwardand rear ward extensions 6, 6- of clips 7 rigidly attached to the endportions of the axles. The upper ends of said 40 springs are attached tothe end portions of plates or bolsters 8 and 9 under the front and rearend portions of the body as shown in Figs. 2 and 3 of the drawings.These spiral springs are unable to resist undue lateral swaying orrocking of the body and do not afford the proper support under thecenters of the bolsters or plates 8 and 9 to prevent them from saggingin the center by a load placed on said portion of the body. To obviatethe said defects I employ suitable transverse springs 10 riding on therunning gear and rising at their centers to support the body 4 thereat.Said transverse springs I'prefer to be of the semielliptic type as shownin Figs. 2 and 3 and for supporting them I prefer to employ the sameclips 7 7 which support the spiral springs -5, 5-. The ends of thetransverse spring 10 ride on the aforesaid clips, which I form withupwardly projecting lugs 11, 11- engaging opposite edges of the springso as to prevent the spring from slipping laterally from the clips. Thecentral portion of the spring 10 is securely fastened to the undersideof the bolster by means of clips 12 and a bolt 13. The ends of thespring 10 are permitted to slip longitudinally in their bearings on theclips 7-7 and thus allow the spring to exert its elasticity.

What I claim as my invention is The combination, with the body and axle,of clips at- Itached to the end portions of the axle and formed withforward and rearward extensions and upwardly projecting lugs, spiralsprings attached to said extensions, and a semielliptic spring ridingwith its ends on the clips between the aforesaid lugs substantially asset forth.

GEORGE B. CUSACK.

Witnesses Mrs. G. B. CUSACK, W. J. COLLINS.

